- Artifact- My artifact is a series of magazine covers from ESPN The Magazine and other sports magazines such as Sports Illustrated and Slam Magazine. Below you will see how the male athletes are portrayed versus how the female athlete is shown. The interesting thing about this artifact is that the female (Hope Solo) was more successful within the past year than both David Beckham and Kobe Bryant, who doesn’t even play in the MLS but rather the NBA.
- Focus- The focus of my paper is to show how within the world of sports women are inferior to men despite their accomplishments, based on various evidence, showing how society views women.
- Points I will make:
1. How women are portrayed in two distinct ways in comparison to the multiple ways of men. Some examples I will use are television shows and magazines.
2. How the media portrays women in sports magazines versus how they portray men in terms of body image. For example, when women are mainly on the cover of sports magazines it is either The Body Issue or Men’s Health.
3. The difference between women and men in sports in terms of salaries and endorsement deals. I will use factual information based on contracts and brand websites such as Nike, Adidas, and Reebok.
- What I hope to achieve- Within this paper I hope to use my sources and knowledge about sports in order to successfully prove that women are inferior to men in sports despite their accomplishments and abilities, which is a reflection of our society.
